Falklands Wessex paint codes

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By: Johnny Kavanagh - 20th September 2012 at 14:30

Thanks for the input folks – paint ordered. And if I could order a can of patina, I’d happily give it a coat of that too!

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By: Resmoroh - 19th September 2012 at 15:11

Never saw any of ’em looking as pristine as that on any of my 7 long Dets to Stanley. Mostly covered in zaps, mud, crap, and other unmentionable fluids/semi-solids!! Make it realistic!!
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By: AMB - 19th September 2012 at 14:45

Pity it has to be in the Falklands scheme as I always prefered the earlier sand and spinach camouflage colours worn in the ’60s

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By: Phantom Phil - 19th September 2012 at 13:08

Aeroventure have done a cracking job of their Wessex, also in the green drab colours…

WESTLAND WESSEX HU 5 XS481 by vulcan18, on Flickr

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By: Seafuryfan - 19th September 2012 at 12:51

This reminds me of getting a lift by a RN Wessex to/from SS Uganda/Ascension in ’83 and ’84 – memorable for having no military serial number visible – at all. I remember this because I wanted to log it in my ‘aircraft I have flown in’ book.

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By: DaveF68 - 19th September 2012 at 12:20

For an HU5, it would be overall BS381C 298 OIlive Drab